Stefan Smulovitz - Bow & Brush: 12 Scores Of Nadina Tandy [Redshift Records]
Another fresh release on the ever active Redshift Records label is "Bow & Brush: 12 Scores Of Nadina Tandy", the latest and November 15th, 2k24-released album outing by Stefan Smulovitz who seems to be some kind of jack of all trades or renaissance man in terms of music and arts with activities as composer, viola player, electronic musician and many more under his belt. With this roughly 42 minutes spanning album piece Stefan Smulovitz interpretes and plays a set of twelve musical one page scores created by visual artist Nadina Tandy as a quasi follow up to their first chance collaboration in 2k21. The sonic result of this interdisciplinary work pairs beautiful reverberating Modern Classical string melancholia with Field Recordings of what seem to be small waves hitting the shore on a calm day at "The Pier" whilst the subsequent nocturnal but scintillating piece "Perseids" adds a foundation of amorphous and rather harsh digital low frequency morphings to otherwise airy and corresponding multi-layered harmonic movements, "Alectoria Sarmentose" explores the sounds of the universe in a manner reminiscent of both classic Berlin School krautsiness as well as cold, yet spatial early to mid-80s Synthbient for interplanetary journeys, "Owl Watching" turns out to be a rather brooding and danger heralding affair, catering droning, klaxon'esque pulses, slow tectonic movements and an almost ritualistic, dark and demon summoning atmosphere followed by the quintessentially dark and outworldly "Sea Lion Swims", another vantablack crossover between Modern Composition and what could be described as Dark Ambient. With "Quartz Veins" we see the album reaching a fever'ish peak directly connecting with primeval instincts and the listeners reptilian brain not only due to the underlying heartbeat-like rhythm signatures whereas the brightly shimmering and most dramatic "Turtle Listening" seems to sow Contemporary Classical hope like the first sunshine breaking through the clouds after a heavy storm before "Gumboot Time" deeply indulges in naturalistic atmospheres layered on top of heavy Industrial Electronics x sci-fi IDM for a change just to name a few favorites here. A recommended album for both fans of Contemporary Classical and Deep Listening Electronics alike.
Album artwork on Instagram!
Album artwork on Instagram!
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